Request ID Requester 

Name Organization Request Description Received Date

2023-APHIS-00471-F McCapes, 

Emma

Animal Legal Defense Fund This request seeks all FWS records regarding "Animal Adventure Park", which 

shall be read to include: Jordan Patch Animal Adventure Park, or any entity 

associated with the property at 85 Martin Hill Road in Harpursville, New York. 

JP Animal Adventure, LLC. ALDF requests certified copies of the following 

records associated with "Animal Adventure Park," from January 1, 2015 to the 

date this request is fulfilled: Any and all permits and/or licenses issued to 

Animal Adventure Park or its proprietors, and associated permit or license 

applications, documentation, or permit code sheets, including but not limited 

to permits and/or licenses issued for Interstate Endangered Species Act 

transfer(s); Any and all correspondence between Animal Adventure Park and 

FWS, including but not limited to records regarding the transfer of federally 

endangered species; and Any and all correspondence between FWS and other 

federal or state agencies regarding Animal Adventure Park.

11/1/2022

2023-APHIS-00436-F Sheehan, 

William

American Bird Conservancy ABC requests production of any and all documents and/or records maintained 

in any form since January 1, 2021 that consist of or reflect the “requests for 

assistance” mentioned in the draft Environmental Assessment (“EA”) under 

the National Environmental Policy Act, prepared by its Wildlife Services 

program (“WS”) and entitled “Managing Damage to Resources and Threats to 

Human Health and Safety Caused by Eagles in the Commonwealth of Virginia” 

p blished October 4 2022

11/1/2022

2023-APHIS-00437-F Sheehan, 

William

American Bird Conservancy ABC requests production of any and all documents and/or records maintained 

in any form since January 1, 2021 by APHIS and/or WS that contain or reflect 

any estimation, including estimated maximums and minimums, by APHIS 

and/or WS of the level of funding, or any request by APHIS or WS for funding, 

in dollar amounts, needed for WS to carry out the activities proposed in 

Alternative 2 over any of the next 3 fiscal years. In simpler terms, ABC 

requests documents showing how much APHIS/WS believe the Alternative 2 

activities will or might cost. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2021 

T 10/4/2022)

11/1/2022

2023-APHIS-00461-F Citizen A copy of Complaint #AC221150 filed in September 2022. (Date Range for 

Record Search: From 09/10/2022 To 10/20/2022)

11/2/2022

2023-APHIS-00480-F Smith, Melissa Great Lakes Widlife Alliance 1. Copies of all incident reports, with dates, addresses, pictures, section and 

town of all wolves killed for human health and safety or depredation of 

livestock/hound or pet from Jan 4th, 2021 to present; and 2. Vouchers for all 

payouts for wolf incidents from Jan 4th, 2021 to present, including the 

documentation of fair market price and hound value provided by the farmer or 

hunter. We also request that the criteria to decide on lethal control be 

documented and the critiera to deterimine all payouts by wildlife servcies 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 01/04/2022 To 11/02/2022)

11/2/2022

APHIS MONTHLY FOIA LOG

Received between 11/01/2022 and 11/30/2022

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2023-APHIS-00486-F McCapes, 

Emma

Animal Legal Defense Fund This request seeks copies of all records, from September 1, 2020 to present, 

pertaining to the breeder “Windy Hill Pets” and/or the breeder’s aliases and 

associated entities “Windy Hill Farm Pets,” “Windy Hill Farm,” “Kathy DeHass,” 

“Ted DeHass,” and “Theodore DeHass” located at 6214 State Route 83, 

Millersburg, Ohio 44654. This request includes all of the above listed entities 

and any and all entities associated with 6214 State Route 83, Millersburg, 

Ohio 44654

11/2/2022

2023-APHIS-00491-F Love, Tina - I am requesting the personnel records of past employee . 

He was a for the feral hog eradication program for 

USDA/APDIS wildlife services eastern region aviation. He 

His address at that time was . His 

Eastern region aviation manager was (Date Range for Record 

Search: From 01/01/2018 To 07/31/2022)

11/3/2022

2023-APHIS-00497-F Craig, 

Adrienne

Animal Welfare Institute Request a copy of the chart with incidents of avian influenza and depopulation 

methods for controlling the disease from October 1-31, 2022. If this is not 

available, I request any records containing information related to incidents of 

high and low pathogenic avian influenza that also include the depopulation 

method used with the same timeframe as above.

11/3/2022

2023-APHIS-00545-F Cox, Jared - This correspondence provides your agency a referral of a Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) request received by the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

from Mr. Jared Cox, referenced as DOC-NOAA-2022-002388, which seeks the 

following: I am submitting this FOIA request for the following documents: Any 

and all correspondence between NMFS and (1) the Miami Seaquarium, (2) The 

Dolphin Company, (3) Palace Entertainment, (4) Festival Fun Parks LLC, and 

(5) the USDA APHIS pertaining to Lolita, the killer whale, from April 20, 2021, 

to present-day. 

11/4/2022

2023-APHIS-00511-F Kelly, Martel Advent Services LLC I am requesting clearly releasable info only: 1. The first page (i.e., Face Page) 

of the current contract award, and first 15 pages of the Performance Work 

Statement or Statement of Work for the existing contract # 

12639518D0049/12639522F0689https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/search.do?in

dexName=awardfull&templateName=1.5.3&s=FPDS.GOV&q=12639522F0689 

2. For the existing contract, who is currently assigned as: PM/TM/POC (govt 

program manager, technical manager or govt owner of the requirement), COR 

(Contracting Organization Representative), CO/KO (contract officer), and CS 

(contract specialist, if applicable)

11/4/2022

2023-APHIS-00515-F Lowrey, Will Animal Partisan Any photographs or videos taken as part of a research experiment titled 

Efficacy testing of Goodnature A24 self-resetting traps for wild house mice 

(Mu musculus) by researchers from APHIS Wildlife Services, including Aaron 

B. Shiels, Danika R. Spock, Tyler Cochran, and Laurie Baeten. (Date Range for 

Record Search: From 7/5/2021 To 11/4/2022)

11/4/2022

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2023-APHIS-00518-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests all records related to the cancellation of license 31-C-0259 held 

by CY Vierstra DBA Union Ridge Wildlife Center, Inc By all records, I refer to: 

Investigation reports; License applications and renewals; Memoranda; 

Veterinary records; Videos and photographs in their original digital 

format; All attachments or exhibits to the above records; All written 

correspondence, including emails between members of the public 

(complainants) and the USDA. All written exchanges of information between 

agency personnel and records that document similar oral exchanges 

pertaining to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: Letters, 

faxes, and similar correspondence; Memoranda; o Emails on governmentissued and personal devices; Text messages on government-issued and 

personal devices; Messages on instant messaging applications, including but 

not limited to Confide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and 

Notes of communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone 

calls). All written exchanges of information to/from the licensees, registrants, 

or their representatives and records that document similar oral exchanges 

pertaining to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: Letters 

and faxes; Memoranda; Emails on government-issued or personal devices; 

Text messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on 

instant messaging applications, including but not limited to Confide and 

Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications 

(e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone calls). If records which 

are responsive to this request are located in other USDA offices, please 

forward this request to all appropriate offices. (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 01/01/2021 To 11/04/2022)

11/4/2022
2023-APHIS-00519-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests all records related to Derrick Williamson, The Way Dynamic 

Animal Therapy Encounters, and/or Paramount Wildlife in Newborn, GA, dated 

January 1, 2021 onwards. By all records, I refer to: Investigation reports; 

License applications and renewals; Memoranda; Veterinary records; Videos 

and photographs in their original digital format; All attachments or exhibits to 

the above records; All written correspondence, including emails between 

members of the public (complainants) and the USDA. All written exchanges of 

information between agency personnel and records that document similar oral 

exchanges pertaining to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: 

Letters, faxes, and similar correspondence; Memoranda; Emails on 

government-issued and personal devices; Text messages on governmentissued and personal devices; Messages on instant messaging applications, 

including but not limited to Confide and Signal; Messages on social media 

accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes of in-person 

conversations or telephone calls). All written exchanges of information 

to/from the licensees, registrants, or their representatives and records that 

document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the subject of the records 

specified above, as follows: Letters and faxes; Memoranda; Emails on 

government-issued or personal devices; Text messages on government-issued 

and personal devices; Messages on instant messaging applications, including 

but not limited to Confide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and 

Notes of communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone 

calls). If records which are responsive to this request are located in other 

USDA offices, please forward this request to all appropriate offices. (Date 

Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2021 To 11/04/2022)

11/4/2022

2023-APHIS-00522-F PETA Foundation PETA requests the results to the following complaints submitted by PETA 

including photos/videos in their original format, but excluding the complaint 

as submitted by PETA: AC22-1135 Indian Creek Zoo, AC23-0054 Animal 

Haven, and AC23-0055 China York d.b.a. Sugriva Co LLC PETA also requests: 

All written exchanges of information between agency personnel and records 

that document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the subject of the records 

specified above AND to/from the licensees, registrants, or their 

representatives as follows: Letters, faxes, and similar correspondence; 

Memoranda; Emails on government-issued and personal devices; Text 

messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on instant 

messaging applications, including but not limited to Confide and Signal; 

Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes 

of in-person conversations or telephone calls). (Date Range for Record 

Search: From 08/30/2022 To 11/04/2022)

11/4/2022

2023-APHIS-00523-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests all inspection report appeal requests, the inspection report 

under appeal, and the final inspection report as a result of the appeal, any 

related correspondence for all licensees and registrants, from October 1, 2022 

to October 31, 2022 (the appeal package). (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 10/01/2022 To 10/31/2022)

11/4/2022

2023-APHIS-00533-F Alomeri, 

Mogeb

- Reopening FOIA request 2022-05030-F, seeking name of complainant in 

complaint against requester

11/4/2022

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2023-APHIS-00541-F Williams, 

Dillon

- 1. A copy of all USDA Veterinary Permit for Importation and Transportation of 

Controlled Material and Organisms and Vectors dated between July 2, 2020 

and November 4, 2022 for shipments from China ultimately going to the Plum 

Island Animal Disease Center; 2. A copy of all USDA Veterinary Permit for 

Importation and Transportation of Controlled Material and Organisms and 

Vectors dated between January 1, 2017 and November 4, 2022 for shipments 

from Ukraine ultimately going to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center; 3. A 

copy of all USDA Veterinary Permit for Importation and Transportation of 

Controlled Material and Organisms and Vectors dated between January 1, 

2017 and November 4, 2022 for shipments from Russia ultimately going to 

the Plum Island Animal Disease Center; and 4. A copy of all USDA Veterinary 

Permit for Importation and Transportation of Controlled Material and 

Organisms and Vectors dated between January 1, 2017 and November 4, 

2022 for shipments that state they are from Various shippers outside the 

UNITED STATES ultimately going to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

11/7/2022

2023-APHIS-00542-F Fisher, 

Jennifer

Jennifer Fisher Peer Support Humane Society of Summit County located in Twinsburg, OH. Records of dogs 

entering the facility and records of dogs leaving the facility by any means. For 

the period of February 3, 2020 thru February 28, 2020. I am looking for 

gender and breed. Also looking to see gender and breed leaving the facility 

and by what means, ie adoption, death, reunited, or sold to a pet store or 

breeder. All dogs going to a home are to be licensed. Please include the 

license number (Date Range for Record Search: From 02/03/2020 To 

02/28/2020)

11/7/2022

2023-APHIS-00548-F - I would like information regarding the outcome of the investigation complaint 

number AC22-695. (Date Range for Record Search: From 08/19/2022 To 

11/07/2022)

11/7/2022

2023-APHIS-00551-F Benesh, 

Abigail

- I am requesting all active contracts between Wildlife Services and Salt Lake 

County and any reporting to Salt Lake County by Wildlife Services for any 

active contracts. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 

12/31/2022)

11/7/2022

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2023-APHIS-00587-F Brown, Ann Center for Biological Diversity The Center requests from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from 

January 20, 2021 to April 15, 2022 the records of communications and 

meetings from: 1. USDA leadership (Secretary Thomas Vilsack or Deputy 

Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Undersecretaries, and/or Administrators of 

the following agencies: Agricultural Research Service, Food and Nutrition 

Service, Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS), and 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), and Director or Acting Director of the 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture) that were generated in connection 

to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025-2030 and include or 

reference the agency's sustainability plans, replies to Congress on 

sustainability, communications with industry representatives, and/or details 

about the DGA Committee nominations process and the timing and 

communications thereof. Specifically, responsive records include the: a. 

Process, considerations and/or parameters by which USDA and the 

Department of Health and Human Services concluded that issues surrounding 

environmental sustainability and/or climate change will be addressed via a 

separate process outside of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

(DGAC) process, and the records of communications discussing ideas, plans, 

and/or parameters for that separate process; b. Response(s) provided to 

either the Senate or House Agriculture Committees, and/or their respective 

members generated in connection with any question or recommendation 

regarding the agencies decision-making in the 2025 DGA process or 

sustainability content therein; and c. Records of communications with 

representatives of the beef, pork, chicken, and/or dairy industries, associated 

professional associations, and/or industry lobbyists in connection with the 

2025 DGA process or sustainability content therein; these industry custodians 

(and their email extensions) include the following: National Pork Producers 

Council (@nppc.org) American Farm Bureau Federation (@fb.org) Animal 

Agriculture Alliance (@animalagalliance.org) National Cattlemen's Beef 

Association (@ncba.org) National Chicken Council (@chickenusa.org) North 

American Meat Institute (@meatinstitute.org) United Egg Producers 

(@unitedegg.com) U.S. Poultry and Egg Association (@uspoultry.org) 

Smithfield Foods (@smithfieldfoods.com) Tyson Foods (@tysonfoods.com) 

Cargill (@cargill.com). 2. Secretary Thomas Vilsack and/or other leadership 

staff aforementioned in #1 above discussing the DGAC and the: a. Process for 

developing, defining and finalizing the proposed scientific questions, 

particularly references to environmental sustainability, climate change, and/or 

meat and dairy foods; and b. Timing of the issuance of the call for 

nominations to the 2025 DGAC associated with developing the scientific topics 

11/8/2022

2023-APHIS-00581-F Craig, 

Gwendolyn

Adirondack Explorer Please send any permits issued to the New York State Hemlock Initiative of 

Cornell University for the release of biological controls including laricobius 

nigrinus, Leucopis argenticollis and Leucopis piniperda.

11/8/2022
2023-APHIS-00594-F Flaugher, 

Kaylie

People for the Ethical 

Treatment of Animals

For the period from January 1, 2021, to the present, I am writing to request 

the high-resolution photographs, in their original format, documenting noncompliances captured during inspections carried out by the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

Wake Forest University (USDA Certificate No. 55-R-0001). I also request 

copies of the following documents in relation to case NC220001: 1. Complete 

narratives of the investigation conducted by the USDA, including the results of 

the USDA findings; 2. Correspondence between the USDA and Wake Forest 

University for the period from January 1, 2022, to the present; 3. Copies of 

any photographic or videographic documentation recorded by the USDA during 

its investigation; 4. Final investigative reports and settlement agreements 

filed by the USDA; and 5. Official warnings issued by the USDA to the parties 

involved in this case.

11/9/2022

2023-APHIS-00598-F Jacobucci, 

Randy

Lippert Components, Inc In reference to the Emergency Action Notification, serial# 438458, submitted 

by the USDA officer at Port Huron I would like to receive the pictures of the 

WPM that was found to be non-compliant and the details of why they thought 

the material was non-complaint

11/10/2022

2023-APHIS-00621-F Kelly, Martel Advent Services LLC I am requesting clearly releasable info only: 1. the first page (i.e., Face Page) 

of the current contract award, and first 15 pages of the Performance Work 

Statement or Statement of Work for the existing contract # 12639518D0049 

(https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/search.do?indexName=awardfull&templateN

ame=1.5.3&s=FPDS.GOV&q=12639522F0689) 2. for the existing contract, 

who is currently assigned as: PM/TM/POC (govt program manager, technical 

manager or govt owner of the requirement), COR (Contracting Organization 

Representative), CO/KO (contract officer), and CS (contract specialist, if 

applicable) 

11/11/2022

2023-APHIS-00627-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests the permit application/renewal application for SeaQuest 

Trumbull LLC, customer number 6014233, 16-C-0177. PETA also requests all 

written exchanges of information to/from the licensees, registrants, or their 

representatives and records that document similar oral exchanges pertaining 

to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: Letters and faxes; 

Memoranda; Emails on government-issued or personal devices; Text 

messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on instant 

messaging applications, including but not limited toConfide and Signal; 

Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes 

of in-person conversations or telephonecalls). (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 01/01/2022 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00614-F Lady Freethinker Any and all releasable documents resulting from a request for an investigation 

and animal welfare check submitted by Lady Freethinker to the APHIS Welfare 

Line regarding USDA licensee Animal Haven Farm, with registered owner 

Dawn Hofferber (Customer No. 6211 and License No. 35-B-0214) and 

assigned Reference No. AC 22-1040 from July 6, 2022 to date of processing 

this request. (Date Range for Record Search: From 07/06/2022 To 

11/10/2022)

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11/14/2022
2023-APHIS-00628-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests the permit application/renewal application for SeaQuest 

Woodbridge LLC, customer number 6014242 22-C-0161. PETA also requests 

all written exchanges of information to/from the licensees, registrants, or 

their representatives and records that document similar oral exchanges 

pertaining to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: Letters 

and faxes; Memoranda; Emails on government-issued or personal devices; 

Text messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on 

instant messaging applications, including but not limited toConfide and Signal; 

Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes 

of in-person conversations or telephonecalls). (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 01/01/2022 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00629-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests the permit application/renewal application for SeaQuest 

Interactive Aquarium Utah LLC, customer number 6014244 87-C-0076 PETA 

also requests all written exchanges of information to/from the licensees, 

registrants, or their representatives and records that document similar oral 

exchanges pertaining to the subject of the records specified above, as follows: 

Letters and faxes; Memoranda; Emails on government-issued or personal 

devices; Text messages on government-issued and personal devices; 

Messages on instant messaging applications, including but not limited 

toConfide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of 

communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephonecalls). 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022
2023-APHIS-00669-F SomervilleWhite, 

Danielle

- I request that a copy of the following documents and information be provided 

to me: 1. Please provide the Name, purchase receipt, brand, license, 

ingredients, efficacy studies locations of the Rabies bait program from 2017-

2022 in Southwestern Virginia and Appalachia; 2. Information as to why isn't 

the USDA dropping these baits in the western states? They have just as many 

raccoons; 3. On the site: 

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/programs/nrmp/c

t_orv_vaccination you claim approximately 55,000 people are administered 

post-exposure prophylactics (PEP) annually resulting in over $200 million in 

health care costs. Please explain how dropping rabies baits is preventing 

rabies; Please explain how the rabies vaccine protects against a virus; 4. 

Please provide the isolated DNA structure and cell line of the rabies virus you 

are targeting through the Raboral V-RG baits; 5. Please provide the patent 

number of the rabies baits; 6. Please explain how the license or permit issued 

allows for vaccinating wild raccoons when it explicitly states â€œdomestic 

pets; 7. Please disclose any financial gain by any USDA AGENTS including but 

not limited to Tom Vilsack from the disbursement of these baits including from 

Merial, Boehringer; 8. Please disclose the English version of the Trademark 

that is now expired for the Rabies Baits; 9. Please provide the efficacy studies 

and rates from 1998-2022 of the rabies baits; 10. Please provide any scientific 

double blind or other laboratory studies proving the percentage of efficacy of 

the rabies bait and vaccine; 11. Please provide any financial gain made by any 

USDA agent with the One Health Initiative; 12. Please provide any studies or 

damage control done regarding dropping of the baits and subsequent heavy 

rainstorms causing bait chemicals to contaminate streams and waterways; 13. 

Please provide a general accounting ledger, payees and financial report 

involved with the purchase and distribution of the rabies baits from 2017-

2022; and 14. Please provide the name, contact number and reason of the 

individual who determined that it was safe to drop rabies baits spliced with 

Genetically modified live smallpox virus and toxic chemicals including Chitosan 

and whether this activity is what the USDA or government would define as a 

violation of 14 CFR § 91.15 Dropping objects.

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00668-F Goodknecht, 

Mitchell

- I am requesting access to veterinary records of all domestic/exotic resident 

animals held on the property of Settler's Pond Animal Shelter in Beecher, IL. 

Requested time frame of records are within the current year of 2022. This 

institution is licensed as a Class C-Exhibitor customer #: 38808 and certificate 

#: 33-C-0518

11/14/2022
2023-APHIS-00624-F Hoang, Dean - Correspondence, whether sent internally or externally, between individuals, 

entities, and/or organizations regarding Office of Special 

Counsel Complaint, case MA-22-000268 13 DL, submitted on 11/12/2021 and 

his MSPB appeal, Docket # DE-1221-22-0110-W-1, that was submitted on 

2/10/2022. Individuals, entities, and/organizations include: 

.com Federal Employment Law Firm of Aaron D 

Wersing PLLC Andrew R. Young / andrew@wersinglaw.com Cristabel Jimenez / 

cristabel@wersinglaw.com Elchonon Reizes / ely@wersinglaw.com Gerri 

Ramos and/or Fedlaw / office@wersinglaw.com Aaron D. Wersing / 

aaron@wersinglaw.com Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Deanna Bakken 

Julius Wilson Michael Jerry Beedy Aaron Ross Dana Coale Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Bradly Siskind / bradly.siskind@usda.gov 

Sandy S. Francois / sandy.francois@usda.gov Lori Ittner Merit Systems 

Protection Board (MSPB) Jacob L. Jones David S. Brooks Robert Kelley / 

robert.kelley@mspb.gov Phone logs, including phone number of parties and 

duration, between those aforementioned whether incoming or outgoing. (Date 

Range for Record Search: From 11/01/2021 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00613-F Daly, Brigid University of WisconsinMadisonRequest copies of any complaints, including any attachments, submitted from 

January 1, 2022 through the present date (November 10, 2022) against the 

University of Wisconsin Madison and relating to the use or care of animals. 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 11/10/2022)

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00630-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests all records related to the cancellation of license 58-C-1181 for 

Genesis Shur-Path. By all records I refer to: Investigation reports; License 

applications and renewals; Memoranda; Itineraries; Veterinary records; 

Videos and photographs in their original digital format; All attachments or 

exhibits to the above records; All written correspondence, including emails 

between members of the public (complainants) and the USDA; and All written 

exchanges of information between agency personnel and records that 

document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the subject of the records 

specified above, as follows: Letters, faxes, and similar correspondence; 

Memoranda; Emails on government-issued and personal devices; Text 

messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on instant 

messaging applications, including but not limited to Confide and Signal; 

Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes 

of in-person conversations or telephone calls). All written exchanges of 

information to/from the licensees, registrants, or their representatives and 

records that document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the subject of the 

records specified above, as follows: Letters and faxes; Memoranda; Emails on 

government-issued or personal devices; Text messages on government-issued 

and personal devices; Messages on instant messaging applications, including 

but not limited to Confide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and 

Notes of communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone 

calls). (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022

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2023-APHIS-00625-F PETA Foundation PETA requests the results to the following complaints submitted by PETA 

including photos/videos in their original format, but excluding the complaint 

as submitted by PETA: AC22-1088 Plumpton Park Zoo; AC22-1085 Barry 

Kirshner Wildlife; AC23-0056 Aloha Safari; AC23-0073 Aloha Safari; and AC23

0057 Santa Land. PETA also requests: All written exchanges of information 

between agency personnel and records that document similar oral exchanges 

pertaining to the subject of the records specified above AND to/from the 

licensees, registrants, or their representatives as follows: Letters, faxes, and 

similar correspondence; Memoranda; Emails on government-issued and 

personal devices; Text messages on government-issued and personal devices; 

Messages on instant messaging applications, including but not limited to 

Confide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of 

communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone calls). 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 08/15/2022 To 11/11/2022)

11/14/2022

2023-APHIS-00664-F Burtar, Kelly - I am looking to obtain USDA health certificates for Select Puppies for Date 

Range (09/01/2022 to 11/30/2022). 

11/15/2022

2023-APHIS-00294-F Bradford, 

Susann

- Please produce copies of any and all records in APHIS possession, custody, or 

control that pertain in any way to the following information: 1. All records 

pertaining to the 2012-2013 environmental assessment of beaver damage 

management conducted by Wildlife Services in Wisconsin; 2. All records from 

January 1, 2013, until the date of production, pertaining to lethal and 

nonlethal beaver damage management activities conducted by Wildlife 

Services in Wisconsin; 3. All records from January 1, 2013, until the date of 

production, pertaining to the breaching, removal, or destruction of beaver 

dams, lodges, and burrows by Wildlife Services in Wisconsin; 4. All records 

pertaining to the Wisconsin Beaver Management Task Force and its meetings 

and activities; 5. All records pertaining to the Wisconsin Beaver Management 

Plan 2015-2025; 6. All records from January 1, 2013, until the date of 

production, pertaining to the Wildlife Services Cooperative Beaver Damage 

Management Program in Wisconsin, as referred to in the Wisconsin Beaver 

Management Plan 2015-2025, including all related memoranda of 

understanding, cooperative service agreements, and work and financial plans; 

and 7. All records from January 1, 2013, until the date of production, 

pertaining to meetings and correspondence between Wisconsin Wildlife 

Services and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), including 

all divisions and programs of the Wisconsin DNR, regarding beavers and 

beaver damage management in Wisconsin. (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 01/01/2013 To 10/28/2022)

11/16/2022

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2023-APHIS-00694-F Kalinak, 

William

None On information and belief, a USDA investigative inspection was done on 

November 19, 2021, at the Animal Store, 4364 W Touhy Ave, Lincolnwood, IL 

60712, Class B - Dealer, 33-B-0429. I am requesting a copy of the complete 

of the inspection report and any and all investigative notes used to compile 

the report or reports. Of particular interest, is any and all information, in any 

form as to how the display enclosure of a very large African tortoise named 

Spur was determined to have been in compliance or otherwise meet all state 

and federal regulatory standards, in particular, with regard to the extremely 

limited size of the permanent display enclosure and its barren interior. (Date 

Range for Record Search: From 09/01/2021 To 12/01/2021)

11/16/2022

2023-APHIS-00701-F Talamo, Lex Lady Freethinker Any and all releasable documents resulting from a request for an investigation 

and animal welfare check submitted by Lady Freethinker to the APHIS Welfare 

Line regarding USDA licensee Wilstem Inc, with registered owner Jerry Fuhs 

(Customer No. 501298 and License No. 32-C-0265)) and assigned Reference 

ANo. C22-1155 from September 13, 2022 to date of processing this request. 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 09/13/2022 To 11/16/2022)

11/17/2022

2023-APHIS-00027-C Byrne, 

Malcolm

- Reports, conclusions, results, and related materials produced in connection 

with a pandemic influenza exercise conducted at the request of the governor 

of Hawaii by the Strategic Policy Forum (SPF) at the National Defense 

University in December 2006. The name of the exercise was Pandemic 

Tempest. The date range covered by this request is December 1, 2006 thru 

January 31 2007

11/18/2022

2023-APHIS-00721-F Klein, Neil Law Student 1) List of every orca that is or has ever been in captivity in the United States 

to include, Date of Birth, date of death, the date they were captured, what 

pods they originate from, and who the mother and father of the calves born in 

captivity are; 2) All veterinarian reports in possession of APHIS for all Orcinus 

orca in captivity from SeaWorld and Miami Seaquarium (if no official reports, 

then files indicating the health of the animals); 3) Actual dimensions for the 

Tank Lolita the Orca at Miami Seaquarium is housed in; 4) All research APHIS 

has conducted on the differences between orcas in the wild vs in 

Captivity.(ex. Lifespan, health, age, reproduction rates etc.)...if no direct 

comparison of all scientific data from orcas in captivity; 5) Every permit 

SeaWorld and Miami Seaquarium has been issued under the Animal Welfare 

Act; 6) List every date and time SeaWorld and Miami Seaquarium have been 

investigated for being in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and what the 

results of that investigation were; 7) All records from SeaWorld explaining the 

educational nature of their Shamu shows; and 8) All records from APHIS 

approving/denying components of the Shamu Show as it relates to being in 

compliance with the Animal welfare act. (Date Range for Record Search: From 

01/01/1966 To 11/17/2022)

11/18/2022
2023-APHIS-00729-F PETA Foundation PETA requests the results to the following complaints submitted by PETA 

including photos/videos in their original format, but excluding the complaint 

as submitted by PETA: AC22-1127 West Coast Game Park; AC22-1128 

Yellowstone Bear World; AC22-1135 Indian Creek Zoo; AC22-1136 DeYoung 

Family Zoo; AC22-1146 Mount Hope Auction; and AC22-1151 White Post Farm 

PETA also requests: All written exchanges of information between agency 

personnel and records that document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the 

subject of the records specified above AND to/from the licensees, registrants, 

or their representatives as follows: Letters, faxes, and similar 

correspondence; Memoranda; Emails on government-issued and personal 

devices; Text messages on government-issued and personal devices; 

Messages on instant messaging applications, including but not limited to 

Confide and Signal; Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of 

communications (e.g., notes of in-person conversations or telephone calls). 

(Date Range for Record Search: From 08/30/2022 To 11/18/2022)

11/18/2022

2023-APHIS-00730-F PETA Foundation PETA requests the results to the following complaints submitted by PETA 

including photos/videos in their original format, but excluding the complaint 

as submitted by PETA: AC22-1164 San Antonio Aquarium; AC22-1170 Three 

Bears Gift Shop; AC22-1171/AC23-0073 SeaQuest VA; AC23-0058 Philip 

Dolci; AC23-0059 Penn's Cave; and INQ-12812 Laughing Valley Ranch PETA 

also requests: All written exchanges of information between agency personnel 

and records that document similar oral exchanges pertaining to the subject of 

the records specified above AND to/from the licensees, registrants, or their 

representatives as follows: Letters, faxes, and similar correspondence; 

Memoranda; Emails on government-issued and personal devices; Text 

messages on government-issued and personal devices; Messages on instant 

messaging applications, including but not limited to Confide and Signal; 

Messages on social media accounts; and Notes of communications (e.g., notes 

of in-person conversations or telephone calls). (Date Range for Record 

Search: From 05/12/2022 To 11/18/2022)

11/18/2022

2023-APHIS-00734-F Marshall, 

Teresa

PETA Foundation PETA requests all pictures and videos (in their original digital format) taken 

during the October 20, 2022 inspection of 32-C-0283, Roberta & Anthony 

Locke. (Date Range for Record Search: From 10/19/2022 To 11/18/2022)

11/18/2022

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2023-APHIS-00025-C Janus, Erik Steptoe & Johnson, LLP Please provide copies of all internal and external communications from the 

time period 2020-2021 regarding meetings held with staff of T & R Chemical 

and Savory Sun VA LLC. Meetings between Savory Sun and USDA occurred on 

August 6, 2020 (with USDA OSEC [Sheryl Kunickis], and USDA OCE 

[Anastasia Bodnar, Julie Chao, Cameron Douglass, Teung Chin, Clayton 

Myers, Seth Wechsler, Julis Fajardo] and September 15, 2020 (with John C. 

Bienapfl, USDA APHIS PPQ) and the topic of these meetings was "CitruSaver 

Fertilizer." Please include: (1) all correspondence between T&R/Savory Sun 

and USDA regarding CitruSaver; (2) all internal correspondence regarding 

CitruSaver from 2020-2021 between USDA staff identified above and any 

other USDA staff member; and (3) all external correspondence regarding 

CitruSaver from 2020-2021 between USDA staff identified above and any nonUSDA entities (excluding T&R/Savory Sun) . 

11/21/2022

2023-APHIS-00753-F Lady Freethinker Any and all releasable documents resulting from a request for an investigation 

and animal welfare check submitted by Lady Freethinker to the APHIS Welfare 

Line regarding USDA licensee Blue Ridge Kennel (Customer No. 928 and 

License No. 64-R-0102 and assigned Reference AC23-0006 from September 

19, 2022 to date of processing this request. (Date Range for Record Search: 

From 09/19/2022 To 11/21/2022)

11/21/2022

2023-APHIS-00763-F Benesh, 

Abigail

- l am requesting information delineating the number of animals killed in Salt 

Lake County by Wildlife Services during 2022. The killing may be done by 

Wildlife Services or residents that then request Wildlife Services remove the 

animal. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 12/31/2022)

11/22/2022

2023-APHIS-00777-F Beach, 

Meredith

ASPCA All records related to William Davenport (current USDA license # 42-A-1497) 

dated January 2019 to present. This request includes, but is not limited to, all 

applications for license, correspondence to, from or related to the licensee, 

emails, memorandum, records describing any courtesy visits, phone calls or 

other contact or attempted contact with the licensee or his representatives, 

inspection reports, inspector notes, photos and videos (in original format with 

full resolution), enforcement actions, appeals and related records. (Date 

Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2019 To 11/23/2022)

11/23/2022

2023-APHIS-00778-F Beach, 

Meredith

ASPCA Copies of all complaints, correspondence, emails, memorandum and records 

of any visits or inspections conducted by USDA regarding regulated activities 

at the following addresses dated January 1990 to present: 1946 High School 

Drive, Afton, IA 50830 3059 215th Street, Thayer, IA 50254 2937 210th 

Street, Afton, IA 50830 3027 215th Street, Thayer, IA 50254. (Date Range for 

Record Search: From 01/01/1990 To 11/23/2022)

11/23/2022

2023-APHIS-00781-F - I filed a complaint and am wanting to request follow-up information as to if it 

is being processed (Date Range for Record Search: From 08/24/2022 To 

11/23/2022)

11/23/2022

2023-APHIS-00797-F van Rueschen, 

Nadine

- Request Broetje-Automation and W&W Projekt Service Verpackungs lab 

reports.

11/25/2022

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2023-APHIS-00790-F Lowrey, Will Animal Partisan Any records related to a critical finding documented in the July 26, 2022 

APHIS inspection of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

(Customer ID: 492, Certificate: 52-R-0012) that involved the starvation death 

of a 6-day old piglet, including: 1. Any records generated by APHIS in relation 

to this incident; and 2. Any records generated or provided by Virginia 

Polytechnic Institute and State University, including necropsies, veterinary 

records, email correspondence, meeting minutes, monitoring reports, or any 

other record associated with this event. (Date Range for Record Search: From 

2/1/2022 T 11/23/2022)

11/25/2022

2023-APHIS-00794-F Smith, JoAnn @gmail.com I am looking for the necropsy report and Histopathology report on 8 animals 

that were rescued and died at the facility or were re-rescued and died or rerescued dead All these reports are electronic They are identified by a name 

and number Anchor Z-21-01-02-001 rescued died in rehab; Marty Z-21-01-16

005 rescued released rerescued died; Capo Girl Z-21-07-22-050 rescued 

euthanized; Bolt Z-21-07-24-051 rescued died in rehab; Gingerbread Z-21-12

18-074 rescued released re rescued dead; Sylvester Z-21-12-24-075 rescued 

released re rescued dead; Ralphie Z-21-12-25-076 rescued released re 

rescued dead; and Effie Z-22-03-11-31 rescued euthanized (Date Range for 

Record Search: From 01/01/2021 To 11/27/2022)

11/28/2022

2023-APHIS-00796-F USDA I am requesting ALL records, including Outlook messages and TEAMS 

messages regarding onboarding, benefits, congressional request and follow up 

to congressional request, regarding Human Resources issues, Federal tax 

withholding, Annual leave, debt creation, setting of Thrift Savings Plan Service 

Computation Date, Retirement Service Computation Date and Leave Service 

Computation Date, and communications to the National Finance Center for 

myself: (Date Range for Record Search: From 

05/22/2022 To 11/28/2022)

11/28/2022

2023-APHIS-00812-F Iverson, Olivia WEAR TV I'm requesting copies of any complaints filed against The Gulf Breeze Zoo, 

located at 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563. I am also 

requesting copies of any reports and photo/videos from inspections of the 

same facility. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2022 To 

11/28/2022)

11/29/2022

2023-APHIS-00854-F Townsend, 

LeRoy

- Request a copy of the National Detector Dog Manual. 11/29/2022

2023-APHIS-00830-F People for the Ethical 

Treatment of Animals

On September 8, 2022, PETA submitted a complaint to the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) requesting the agency to investigate concerns regarding 

the potential violations of the Animal Welfare Act by Maleth Aero and its 

parent company, AELF FlightService. The concern was issued number AC23-

0010, and I am writing to request copies of the following documents in 

relation to this case: 1. Complete narratives of the investigation conducted by 

the USDA, including the results of the USDA findings; 2. Correspondence 

between the USDA and Maleth Aero and/or its parent company, AELF 

FlightService for the period from September 8, 2022, to the present; 3. Copies 

of any photographic or videographic documentation recorded by the USDA 

during its investigation; and 4. Final investigative reports and settlement 

agreements filed by the USDA; and 5. Official warnings issued by the USDA to 

the parties involved in this case.

11/30/2022

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2023-APHIS-00846-F Sandoval, Erik WKMG-TV Request all records related to the import of rhinos to Wild Florida, 3301 Lake 

Cypress Road, Kenansville, Florida, during the 2020-2022 time span. I would 

also like to request any and all investigations surrounding Wild Florida that 

may not be posted on line yet (March 2022-current date), some of which may 

be related to reports of rhinos escaping the park. (Date Range for Record 

Search: From 01/01/2020 To 11/30/2022)

11/30/2022

Total No of Requests : 59